The hatemongering Malkin thinks that scarf looks like a kaffiyeh, which is worn in the Middle East. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
President Obama wearing a kaffiyeh which is set to be posted across Israel by rightist group Hazit. From Wordnik.com. [Qwaider Planet] Reference
Actually, a lot of Israelis were the kaffiyeh, also. From Wordnik.com. [Michelle Malkin’s Victory Over Doughnut Terrorists « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference
As for dangers lurking beyond the kaffiyeh controversy?. From Wordnik.com. [Not So Sweet] Reference
As an explicitly pro-Israel rendition of a “fashionable” kaffiyeh?. From Wordnik.com. [The Kaffiyeh Yisraelit | Jewschool] Reference
She grabbed up the kaffiyeh he had left lying and patted her skin dry. From Wordnik.com. [The Arabian Mistress]
Some said it looks like a traditional Palestinian scarf called a kaffiyeh. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 29, 2008] Reference
Instead, his black hair hung loose and long and moved with his white kaffiyeh. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
Oh, and pssst: I am wearing nothing but a glazed kaffiyeh at this very moment!. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
I think most people think of the kaffiyeh and the dishdash, possibly the caftan. From Wordnik.com. [I'd be embarassed to talk about shame so much.] Reference
I have wanted a kaffiyeh, and will purchase a kaffiyeh- full aware of what it is. From Wordnik.com. [Strangely familiar “Anti-War Scarves” now at an URBN near you! | Jewschool] Reference
His head was wrapped in a kaffiyeh to hide his identity; only his dark eyes were visible. From Wordnik.com. [Death by Firing Squad] Reference
He was wearing a white headdress held in place by a simple black rope and a white kaffiyeh. From Wordnik.com. [Consent to Kill]
Better buy up all those kaffiyeh (scarves) quick, so that the ranting mob does'nt single you out. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
I see a man in flowing robes and kaffiyeh who could have been standing there for a hundred years. From Wordnik.com. [Coleen Rowley: Gaza Freedom March: Disappointment, Flux and Vigils on the Nile] Reference
There, Lorenz first donned a kaffiyeh, an Arab headdress of folded cloth that's held on by a cord. From Wordnik.com. [Wal-Mart fires man for religious expression] Reference
When a man in a checked kaffiyeh emerged from one of the homes, Griffin peppered him with questions. From Wordnik.com. [A Gun in One Hand, A Pen in the Other] Reference
In the Middle East, at least in the American mind, the face of terror is usually wrapped in a kaffiyeh. From Wordnik.com. [Can Peace Survive?] Reference
I am pretty sure that a pro-Palestinian kaffiyeh wearer would never wear one with a Magen David all over it. From Wordnik.com. [Strangely familiar “Anti-War Scarves” now at an URBN near you! | Jewschool] Reference
Arafat, wearing his trademark checked kaffiyeh, would be leaving South Africa on Monday night, officials said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Just to rile up the crowd, I wore a white kaffiyeh for the occasion, and called myself “Ayatollah Blassie.”. From Wordnik.com. [“Classy” Freddie Blassie] Reference
It's actually not a kaffiyeh, it's a paisley printed scarf but even the suggestion has gotten people very upset. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 29, 2008] Reference
Tariq slung aside his gold-bound kaffiyeh, luxuriant black hair tousled above his hard, bronzed, dusty features. From Wordnik.com. [The Arabian Mistress]
Abu Mizhir, 33, who patrols at night with an AK-47 at his side and a kaffiyeh over his face, believes they might. From Wordnik.com. [MAKING FRIENDS OF FOES] Reference
It would be “just a scarf” if they called it a “kaffiyeh” or “Palestinian” scarf or something like that. From Wordnik.com. [That “anti-war scarf” trend just doesn’t quit | Jewschool] Reference
The third was an Afghan who wrapped his face in a black-and-white-checked kaffiyeh with only his blue eyes peering out. From Wordnik.com. [Alone, Afraid, In the Company of Men Dreaming of Death] Reference
A black kaffiyeh was fastened to his head by a matching gold braid, and his black goatee and mustache were perfectly groomed. From Wordnik.com. [Consent to Kill]
He is shriveled with a long gray beard and a ragged kaffiyeh, and I can tell he will smell unpleasant even before he reaches me. From Wordnik.com. [Special!! Online Story from the Clockwork Phoenix 2 Anthology, edited by Mike Allen: Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela by Saladin Ahmed] Reference
The army fatigues, the pistol, and the three-day beard came later, but, like the kaffiyeh, all were carefully considered symbols. From Wordnik.com. [A Brief History of Yasir Arafat] Reference
He pulled his kaffiyeh close, held his throbbing hand inside his robes, and hoped the doctor didn't live too close to the Citadel. From Wordnik.com. [Song of Time]
His cloak was rolled and bound behind his saddle pad, and a piece of his tunic was held on his head like a kaffiyeh by a leather cord. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Magnificent]
At anti-peace rallies, Rabin was denounced as a traitor and a murderer and dressed in effigy with an Arab kaffiyeh or a Nazi SS unform. From Wordnik.com. [Who Is To Blame?] Reference
Her shorter kaffiyeh matched her father's and displayed to advantage the long brown hair that hung down her back in dozens of fine braids. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
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